Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
吗
ma
Description
我们常常在句子的最后加上"吗"，把一句话变成问题。
比如"你好吗？"就是很常见的问句。
Meanings
吗ma
question particle for yes/no questions
你是学生吗？
吗ma
used to soften a rhetorical question
这不是很好吗？
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Notes
- Grammar
吗 turns a statement into a yes/no question; place it at the sentence end.
- Nuance
use 呢 for follow-up questions, 吧 for suggestions or guesses, not 吗.
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